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Violence in the Contemporary World: An Interdisciplinary Approach
This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2014.
Understanding violence in the context of the contemporary world leads us to an infinite number of viewpoints and theoretical frameworks. Not only the study of violence has been largely split into specific groups, but at the same time different disciplines seem to have assumed the existence of a peaceful society in which violence occurs only in specific places and events - including armed conflicts, civil unrest and violent crime. However, it is a slippery concept that transcends unstable limits between public and private, legitimacy and illegitimacy, individual and collective spheres.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the concept of violence in the contemporary world, we present a collection of seventeen chapters, organized in four sections: Sexualised and Intimate Partner Violence: encouraging disclosure; Urban Violence: crime and fear in the contemporary world; Representing violence: a critical analysis; Violence and Political destabilization: war, elections and corporations.
Understanding violence in the context of the contemporary world leads us to an infinite number of viewpoints and theoretical frameworks. Not only the study of violence has been largely split into specific groups, but at the same time different disciplines seem to have assumed the existence of a peaceful society in which violence occurs only in specific places and events - including armed conflicts, civil unrest and violent crime. However, it is a slippery concept that transcends unstable limits between public and private, legitimacy and illegitimacy, individual and collective spheres.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the concept of violence in the contemporary world, we present a collection of seventeen chapters, organized in four sections: Sexualised and Intimate Partner Violence: encouraging disclosure; Urban Violence: crime and fear in the contemporary world; Representing violence: a critical analysis; Violence and Political destabilization: war, elections and corporations.
Paromita Chakrabarti is a 2010-2011 Fulbright Nehru Doctoral Fellow in the Department of English, Indiana University, Bloomington and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, University of Mumbai. A PhD in English Literature, her research areas include diaspora, postcolonial studies, gender and race.
Natália De’Carli is an Honorary Research at the Department of History, Theory and Architectural Composition at the University of Seville. PhD in Architecture. Master in City and Sustainable Architecture at the same institution. Researches on public spaces, urban violence, social-spatial segregation and sustainable cities.
Joana Patrício is a PhD student in Sociology at Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (IUL-ISCTE), Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES, IUL-ISCTE), Lisboa, Portugal. Her PhD research focuses on ‘Violence in youth intimate partner relationships: an analysis of discourses, practices and violence representations’.
Natália De’Carli is an Honorary Research at the Department of History, Theory and Architectural Composition at the University of Seville. PhD in Architecture. Master in City and Sustainable Architecture at the same institution. Researches on public spaces, urban violence, social-spatial segregation and sustainable cities.
Joana Patrício is a PhD student in Sociology at Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (IUL-ISCTE), Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES, IUL-ISCTE), Lisboa, Portugal. Her PhD research focuses on ‘Violence in youth intimate partner relationships: an analysis of discourses, practices and violence representations’.